The Bangkok Post also reported that local authorities are set to deploy two aircraft with ‘artificial rainmaking technology’ in an attempt to create downpours that clean the busiest roads.

The Government’s Pollution Control Department (PCD) recently rejected claims that some of the PM2.5 pollutants that have shrouded Bangkok over the past few weeks have come from crop burning in Cambodia.

In response, PCD director-general Pralong Damronthai said the haze in Bangkok came from local sources, including trash burning, diesel vehicles and factories.

Air pollution is a growing crisis in the Thai capital, with a rising level of air pollutants leading to stores running out of stocks of face masks to protect residents from fumes.